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I'm a veteran television animator and 2D rigger who began my industry journey in 2017. I specialize in line animation, rigging, and character performance, with a strong footing in Toon Boom Harmony, illustration, and texture art, developed across Mercury Filmworks, 9 Story Media Group, and Big Jump Entertainment. My greatest inspiration comes from my blue-collar background, which keeps me grounded and relentlessly curious. I value clear interdepartmental communication, teaching concepts, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver polished animation with a strong sense of weight and timing.…I'm a veteran television animator and 2D rigger who began my industry journey in 2017. I specialize in line animation, rigging, and character performance, with a strong footing in Toon Boom Harmony, illustration, and texture art, developed across Mercury Filmworks, 9 Story Media Group, and Big Jump Entertainment. My greatest inspiration comes from my blue-collar background, which keeps me grounded and relentlessly curious. I value clear interdepartmental communication, teaching concepts, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver polished animation with a strong sense of weight and timing.

NICHOLAS KELFORD

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I'm a veteran television animator and 2D rigger who began my industry journey in 2017. I specialize in line animation, rigging, and character performance, with a strong footing in Toon Boom Harmony, illustration, and texture art, developed across Mercury Filmworks, 9 Story Media Group, and Big Jump Entertainment. My greatest inspiration comes from my blue-collar background, which keeps me grounded and relentlessly curious. I value clear interdepartmental communication, teaching concepts, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver polished animation with a strong sense of weight and timing.…I'm a veteran television animator and 2D rigger who began my industry journey in 2017. I specialize in line animation, rigging, and character performance, with a strong footing in Toon Boom Harmony, illustration, and texture art, developed across Mercury Filmworks, 9 Story Media Group, and Big Jump Entertainment. My greatest inspiration comes from my blue-collar background, which keeps me grounded and relentlessly curious. I value clear interdepartmental communication, teaching concepts, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver polished animation with a strong sense of weight and timing.

Available to hire

I’m a veteran television animator and 2D rigger who began my industry journey in 2017. I specialize in line animation, rigging, and character performance, with a strong footing in Toon Boom Harmony, illustration, and texture art, developed across Mercury Filmworks, 9 Story Media Group, and Big Jump Entertainment.

My greatest inspiration comes from my blue-collar background, which keeps me grounded and relentlessly curious. I value clear interdepartmental communication, teaching concepts, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver polished animation with a strong sense of weight and timing.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Work Experience

Assistant at Peter's Home Repair

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014

Drywalling; Painting; Landscaping; Appliance Installation; Heavy Lifting.

Clerk at Lost Marbles Toy Store

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015

Clerk; Cashier; Cleaning; Product Demonstration.

Junior Animator at Mercury Filmworks

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019

Line animation on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.

Junior Rigger at Mercury Filmworks

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021

Animation Rigger on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Kid Cosmic, Hilda, Centaurworld, and Interrupting Chicken.

Senior Rigger at 9 Story Media Group

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Senior Animation Rigger on Lu and the Bally Bunch and Mini Sago World.

Senior Rigger at Big Jump Entertainment

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Senior Rigger on Glisten and the Merry Mission.

Installation Tech at FLO Components

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026

Installing auto-lubrication and fire-suppression systems on industrial vehicles (mining and construction); servicing systems; assisting in maintenance shutdowns; providing customer solutions; on-site design of experimental systems; long-distance driving; inventory management; spraypainting.